Normally I wait for game reviews before I purchase a game. If there are universal accolades, I buy.
The only reason I preordered SH4 was because SH3 was an awesome game. I wont make that mistake again, and I cant say I appreciate being sucker punched like this.
SH4 strikes me as the same, an inferior copy of a fantastic game.
Grunt: I hate to give you more ammo in your "heavy-handed moderators" arsenal, but the rules of the forum... come on, man. 
Neal